August 12, 1926 – May 31, 2015

Hiroshi Koizumi starred as pilot hero Shoichi Tsukioka in Godzilla’s first sequel, GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN (1955), becoming a regular in Toho Studios’ films and appearing in such kaiju classics as  MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA (1964), GHIDORAH, THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER (1964), GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA (1974) and GODZILLA 1985 (1984), starring in all four as a professor or a scientist. Mr. Koizumi also starred in the CDF fan-favorites; MOTHRA (1961),  MATANGO (1963), DOGORA! (1964)!